ΚΑΤΑΜΕΣΗΝ, καταμεσην
KATAMESĒN, katamesēn
Sounds Like: kah-tah-MEH-seen
Translations: in the middle of, in the midst of, through the middle of
From the root: ΜΕΣΟΣ
Part of Speech: Adverb
Explanation: This word is a compound formed from the preposition ΚΑΤΑ (kata), meaning 'down' or 'according to', and ΜΕΣΗΝ (mesēn), the accusative feminine singular of ΜΕΣΟΣ (mesos), meaning 'middle'. Together, it means 'in the very middle' or 'through the middle of something'. It emphasizes being precisely in the center or passing directly through the center.
Inflection: Accusative, Singular, Feminine (functioning adverbially)
Strong’s numbers: G2596 (Lookup on BibleHub), G3319 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Four — 1:13
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΜΕΣΟΣ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ΕΜΕΣΩ — in the midst, among, in the middle, in the middle of, between
- ΕΜΕΣΩΝ — of middle, of midst, of among, of between
- ΗΜΕΣΗ — middle, midst, in the midst, among, between
- ΜΕΕΣΙΝ — middle, midst, a middle, a midst
- ΜΕΣ — middle, midst, among, between, in the middle of, in the midst of, a middle, a midst
- ΜΕΣΑ — middle, midst, among, in the middle of, in the midst
- ΜΕΣΑΙΣ — middle, midst, in the middle, among, in the midst of
- ΜΕΣΑΙΤΑΤΑΣ — most middle, innermost, centralmost
- ΜΕΣΑΙΤΑΤΗ — middlemost, most central, in the very middle
- ΜΕΣΑΙΤΑΤΟΝ — middlemost, innermost, very middle, the middlemost thing
- ΜΕΣΑΙΤΑΤΩ — (to) the very middle, (in) the very middle, (to) the most central, (in) the most central
- ΜΕΣΑΣ — middle, midst, among
- ΜΕΣΗ — middle, a middle, midst, among, between
- ΜΕΣΗΝ — middle, midst, a middle
- ΜΕΣΗΣ — middle, midst, (of) middle, (of) midst
- ΜΕΣΟ — middle, midst, in the midst, between, among, a middle, the middle
- ΜΕΣΟΙ — middle, midst, among, between, those in the middle
- ΜΕΣΟΙΣ — in the middle of, among, in the midst of
- ΜΕΣΟΝ — middle, midst, between, among, a middle, the middle
- ΜΕΣΟΣ — middle, midst, among, between, a middle, a midst
- ΜΕΣΟΥ — middle, midst, among, between, in the middle, in the midst, (of) the middle, (of) the midst
- ΜΕΣΟΥΣ — middle, midst, a middle, the middle, half
- ΜΕΣΟΥΣΑΝ — middle, midst, a middle, a midst
- ΜΕΣΟΥΣΗΣ — of the middle, of the midst, of the intervening, of the halfway, of the central
- ΜΕΣΩ — middle, midst, among, between, in the midst (of), (in the) middle (of), (among), (between)
- ΜΕΣΩΝ — of the middle, of the midst, of the things in the middle, of the things in between
- ΜΕΣ‾Η‾ — middle, midst, in the middle, in the midst, between, among
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